What do you use to track your food intake?

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I am using the WW app to track my eating. I’m finding it really helpful, I can set it to macros, points and calories.

It is particularly helpful to remind me to eat enough each day.

I use nutracheck. I really like that you can check the "week view" report - I don't get too worried if I go over or under my calorie allowance, as I can see it evens out over the week.

Nutracheck, it's designed for UK supermarkets unlike myfitnesspal which is American

How do you do that please?
I use Nutracheck and find it really good despite not knowing there was a week view function!

Hi! In the app (I’m Apple, if that makes a difference) go into the diary. At the top right corner is a teal box with three horizontal white lines. Click this to open the extra menu. “Week view” is the option at the top. Lemme know if you need more help x

I use Nutracheck and really like it.
Using this has got me into the habit of me weighing everything so I am more accurate about the calories I consume. Plus it helps me keep track that I am drinking enough.

My fitness pal… but the free version. Been using it for 6 years …. To maintain weight. Don’t count every day have “ relaxed days” that I just log weekly

Hmmm, I do like the week view on nutracheck, WW doesn’t have this on their app. I am paying for WW but wonder if it’s time to move to something cheaper.

I’ve been using MFP for 17 years 🙊
But that sounds good about Nutracheck being UK focused. I might check that out as I get a bit annoyed with cups and ounces and things on MFP.

Also nutracheck. Worth the subscription.

Really easy to use, visual.

Nutracheck is brilliant, I use the bar code reader all the time (works for Ireland as well as UK). I also enjoy the progress recording part of it.

Another Nutracheck fan. I like you can put in your own recipes and it works out all your portions. I like to batch cook and cook from scratch so it really is handy feature.

Can you access Nutracheck online too? I always find that easier for adding recipes

Thanks for the nutracheck recommendations! I hate MFP so I'm happy to find something so much easier to use. I've got a week free trial but I think I'll upgrade for a year subscription. It's been easy so far and have linked to my fitbit so it automatically adds my steps and exercise.

I use nutracheck. It's so worth the subscription fee.

I spent 8 years using my fitness pal, on and off, and nutracheck is just a thousand times better. So many fantastic features.

I don't track on mj! That's one of the best things about mj for me! That I can finally stop obsessing over calories and tracking every morsel i put in my mouth!

However, when I used to track before mj, I used 'loose it'. A great app.

I get this! But for me I want this weight loss to last and having lost and regained 6 stones twice in ten years, I need this to be the last attempt. So I'm doing everything I can to make sure I can keep up a loss for the long term. Tracking is part of that for me. I hope that eventually I'll come off MJ and be able to maintain a healthy weight without too much tracking. But that will only happen if I really understand my body and what it needs.

@taylorswift1989 this is my thinking, I need to take responsibility for what I eat and not just close my eyes and put my fingers in my ears. I have obviously eaten too much or I wouldn’t be fat. I need to see what eating the right amount looks like before I can trust myself.

I don’t…..

How does this work?

I use the WW app too. I really like it and find it very user friendly. It works well for me as I’m 11 stone down and only 1 stone left to go.

Did you say 11 stone down … wow that is incredible

How much is the subscription for Nutracheck? If I download it, I feel I want to know now. I’ve been using MFP but do sometimes find it clunky and with loads of duplication of items often with incorrect data.

I’ve gone with NutraCheck. Much better than I remember of MFP or Fitbit back in the day.

There’s probably codes but I just paid £28 for the year. I was that impressed.

Thank you, not cheap then on top of everything. I will try the free trial but the images in the App Store do look more user friendly than MFP